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Pages in category "Welsh feminine given names" The following 77 pages are in this category, out of 77 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
To help make the process easier, we rounded up 150 cute Welsh baby names, along with their meanings, for you to consider. These monikers originate from Celtic language and while some may contain ...
Pages in category "Welsh given names" The following 83 pages are in this category, out of 83 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Llywelyn (pronounced [ɬəˈwɛlɪn]) is a Welsh personal name, which has also become a family name most commonly spelt Llewellyn [1] (/ l u ˈ ɛ l ɪ n / loo-EL-in).The name has many variations and derivations, mainly as a result of the difficulty for non-Welsh speakers of representing the sound of the initial double ll (a voiceless alveolar lateral fricative).
The list of standardised Welsh place-names is a list compiled by the Welsh Language Commissioner to recommend the standardisation of the spelling of Welsh place-names, particularly in the Welsh language and when multiple forms are used, although some place-names in English were also recommended to be matched with the Welsh.
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs, which are written differently but pronounced the same).
Angharad (/ æ ŋ ˈ h ær ə d / ang-HARR-əd, [1] Welsh: [aˈŋ̊arad]) is a feminine given name in the Welsh language, having a long association with Welsh royalty, history and myth. It translates into English as much loved one. In Welsh mythology, Angharad Golden-Hand is the lover of Peredur in the myth cycle The Mabinogion. [2] [3]
Gladys is a female name from the Welsh name Gwladus or Gwladys, which is of uncertain meaning. It was the name of Gwladys, a Welsh royal queen who lived in the late 5th century and early 6th century and became a Christian saint. The name was also used for other Welsh nobles, but declined in use in Wales after 1500. [1]